“Grow” Definition and Examples

Meaning of “Grow”:

Meaning the ability of someone or an object to change its size or property. It can also be used to indicate a good change in terms of development. It’s is also used when referring to mental development, physical change or in business.

Examples:

• The child was able to grow his knowledge over a very short time.
• I would like to make my business grow if you don’t mind.
• I need someone to help make sure bola stays in class and grow mentally and physically.

Other Words for “Grow”

Common synonyms for the word “grow”.

• Build up
• Enlarge
• Expand
• Get bigger
• Get larger
• Increase
• Multiply
• Spread
• Swell
• Widen

Large list of 100+ different words to use instead of “grow”.

• Accrue
• Accumulate
• Advance
• Age
• Amplify
• Arise
• Augment
• Bear fruit
• Become
• Begin
• Bloom
• Blossom
• Boom
• Boost
• Breed
• Broaden
• Build
• Build up
• Burgeon
• Climb
• Come
• Come up
• Crop
• Cultivate
• Culture
• Deepen
• Develop
• Dilate
• Distend
• Enhance
• Enlarge
• Escalate
• Evolve
• Expand
• Extend
• Farm
• Fatten
• Flourish
• Form
• Foster
• Fructify
• Further
• Gain
• Gather
• Germinate
• Get
• Get ahead
• Get bigger
• Get larger
• Grow up
• Heighten
• Improve
• Increase
• Issue
• Lengthen
• Luxuriate
• Magnify
• Make
• Maturate
• Mature
• Mount
• Move forward
• Multiply
• Mushroom
• Nurture
• Originate
• Plant
• Proceed
• Produce
• Progress
• Proliferate
• Propagate
• Prosper
• Push
• Raise
• Regrow
• Ripen
• Rise
• Shall
• Shoot
• Shoot up
• Snowball
• Sow
• Spread
• Spring
• Spring up
• Sprout
• Start
• Strengthen
• Stretch
• Surge
• Swell
• Take
• Tend
• Thicken
• Thrive
• Turn
• Upping
• Urge
• Wax
• Widen

Synonyms for Grow with Examples

Learn another word for “grow” with example sentences.

• Build up

Big waves will never build up in a small bay.

• Enlarge

They’ve decided to enlarge the company.

• Expand

The school has been refused permission to expand

• Get bigger

 This is a big lead for Bush, and it could get bigger before it gets smaller.

• Get larger

There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.

• Increase

The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.

• Multiply

This will multiply our chances of success.

• Spread

There is a real danger that the disease might spread.

• Swell

It was obvious she had broken her toe because it immediately started to swell.

• Widen

As it approaches the sea, the river begins to widen.

More examples with the word “grow”:

• Plants grow fast in the warmest season.
• Flowers grow along the side of the wall.
• Laugh and grow fat.
• The boy taught me to grow, those girls taught me how to love.
• We all grow into the beautiful person that we’re supposed to be. Some earlier, some later.
• We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
• Most children who stammer grow out of it.
• We’re going to grow a variegated ivy up the back of the house.